by Priyanka | Jun 25, 2022 | In Spirituality, India, Temples, West India
Since, I set up my home base in Ahmedabad (outskirts), road trips to Surat have become routine. While my parents prefer the train, I am more particular about the COVID situation. And so during the past year or so, I always preferred to hire a car. And thus, on the car...
by Priyanka | Jan 15, 2021 | India, Vegetarian Food, West India
We are past the festival of Uttaran or Makar Sankranti – the time when locals here near Ahmedabad, Gujarat say the cold will start to diminish. The past winter months, I have had a gala time here in this Trimandir ashram gorging on amazing Gujarati food...
by Priyanka | Dec 9, 2020 | India, West India
On a laidback, sleepy Friday morning we headed to Surat airport to drop of my uncle. We then decided to ride to Dumas for a quick exploration as it is only 7 kms from Surat airport. These were still COVID lockdown days and a weekday morning, so we got a fairly empty...
by Priyanka | Nov 5, 2020 | In Spirituality, India, Temples, West India
the shrine was opposite these flags There is an Orissa style Jagannath Mandir near this Trimandir ashram complex, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. We went there on a stroll once, enroute we came to a small shrine at the side of the road. Curious, I checked...
by Priyanka | Mar 8, 2020 | In Spirituality, India, Jain, Temples, West India
In my earlier post, I wrote about going in search of Aghoris at Girnar base. The next day morning was an eclipse, the 2020 solar eclipse that was seen in India. Since my niece and nephew were with us, we couldn’t take them outside during the solar eclipse as...
by Priyanka | Mar 6, 2020 | In Spirituality, India, Temples, West India
I visited the Girnar mountains of Gujarat in early Jan 2020. It was a family trip to the sacred Jain spots located on these mountains. Girnar taleti (base) is a smaller pilgrim town at the base of these mountains. The taleti has only temples, dharamshalas, small...
